Derks Surname
Approximately 11,931 people bear this surname
Derks Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 7,542 | 1:2,239 | 146 |
| United States | 1,738 | 1:208,549 | 20,409 |
| Germany | 1,603 | 1:50,222 | 6,556 |
| Canada | 172 | 1:214,219 | 20,702 |
| Australia | 162 | 1:166,640 | 17,199 |
| South Africa | 149 | 1:363,609 | 33,044 |
| Belgium | 132 | 1:87,096 | 13,579 |
| Poland | 52 | 1:730,937 | 60,459 |
| Brazil | 50 | 1:4,281,487 | 114,765 |
| France | 37 | 1:1,795,209 | 158,669 |
| Switzerland | 36 | 1:228,137 | 19,301 |
| England | 25 | 1:2,228,722 | 84,230 |
| Zimbabwe | 25 | 1:617,530 | 46,943 |
| Denmark | 21 | 1:268,796 | 20,394 |
| Scotland | 21 | 1:254,944 | 12,577 |
| Ukraine | 20 | 1:2,276,135 | 151,395 |
| New Zealand | 18 | 1:251,574 | 23,165 |
| Mexico | 16 | 1:7,757,888 | 35,569 |
| Thailand | 15 | 1:4,709,223 | 352,754 |
| Spain | 14 | 1:3,339,431 | 67,428 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Russia | 11 | 1:13,102,096 | 377,010 |
| Hungary | 7 | 1:1,402,325 | 60,133 |
| Chile | 6 | 1:2,936,079 | 35,997 |
| Ecuador | 6 | 1:2,650,974 | 26,148 |
| Namibia | 4 | 1:602,350 | 12,421 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 117 | 1:429,220 | 31,367 |
Derks (18) may also be a first name.
Derks Demographics
Average Male Derks Height
176.9 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Derks Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Derks Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Derks (Russian: Деркс) is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Derks? popularity and diffusion
The surname Derks is the 43,570th most frequent last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 610,808 people. The surname Derks occurs mostly in Europe, where 80 percent of Derks are found; 78 percent are found in Western Europe and 78 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Derks is also the 2,608,198th most prevalent first name worldwide, held by 18 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 7,542 people, or 1 in 2,239. In The Netherlands Derks is most frequent in: Gelderland, where 28 percent are found, North Brabant, where 28 percent are found and Limburg, where 17 percent are found. Excluding The Netherlands it exists in 48 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 15 percent are found and Germany, where 13 percent are found.
Derks Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Derks has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Derks last name increased 1,485 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 1,250 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Derks Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Derks last name are 18.88% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 65.65% being registered with the political party.
The amount Derks earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 62.68% more than the national average, earning R 386,592 per year; in United States they earn 7.03% more than the national average, earning $46,183 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.57% more than the national average, earning $52,946 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dierks | 91 | 7,998 | / |
| Dercks | 91 | 1,038 | / |
| Derkse | 91 | 176 | / |
| Doerks | 91 | 140 | / |
| Deirks | 91 | 3 | / |
| Deerks | 91 | 1 | / |
| Daerks | 91 | 0 | / |
| Dearks | 91 | 0 | / |
| Diercks | 83 | 4,229 | / |
| Doercks | 83 | 14 | / |
| Deircks | 83 | 0 | / |
| Dirks | 80 | 21,590 | / |
| Derkx | 80 | 710 | / |
| Darks | 80 | 333 | / |
| Dorks | 80 | 83 | / |
| Dyrks | 80 | 59 | / |
| Dörks | 80 | 51 | / |
| Dreks | 80 | 2 | / |
| Derkz | 80 | 0 | / |
| Dirkse | 73 | 2,645 | / |
| Dircks | 73 | 1,761 | / |
| Dirksz | 73 | 693 | / |
| Derckx | 73 | 364 | / |
| Dierkx | 73 | 248 | / |
| Darksh | 73 | 58 | / |
| Dyreks | 73 | 8 | / |
| Darcks | 73 | 7 | / |
| Dirksh | 73 | 4 | / |
| Dyrkhs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Drecks | 73 | 1 | / |
| Dirkcs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Diergs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Diorks | 73 | 0 | / |
| Dierckx | 67 | 6,137 | / |
| Derx | 67 | 567 | / |
| Dearchs | 67 | 25 | / |
| Dirckse | 67 | 3 | / |
| Darkhsh | 67 | 3 | / |
| Darksch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dierckz | 67 | 0 | / |
| Dierchs | 67 | 0 | / |
Derks Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Derks in the Russian language | ||
| Деркс | derks | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Derks
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